Coupling constants and brane tensions from anomaly cancellation in M-theory

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Coupling constants and brane tensions from anomaly cancellation in M-theory. / Harmark, Troels.

I: Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, Bind 431, Nr. 3-4, 16.07.1998, s. 295-302.

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Harmark, T 1998, 'Coupling constants and brane tensions from anomaly cancellation in M-theory', Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, bind 431, nr. 3-4, s. 295-302. <http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0347603199&partnerID=8YFLogxK>

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Harmark, T. (1998). Coupling constants and brane tensions from anomaly cancellation in M-theory. Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, 431(3-4), 295-302. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0347603199&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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Harmark T. Coupling constants and brane tensions from anomaly cancellation in M-theory. Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology. 1998 jul. 16;431(3-4):295-302.

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Harmark, Troels. / Coupling constants and brane tensions from anomaly cancellation in M-theory. I: Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology. 1998 ; Bind 431, Nr. 3-4. s. 295-302.

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